Author and poet Jason Reynolds talks about confronting and writing grief in YA lit in a truly magical interview.

When a young man told Margaret Atwood that reading The Handmaid's Tale was life-changing, she replied, “That’s a frightening thought. What were you like before?” Margaret Atwood talks gender and politics at West Point.

At the age of 12, Barbara Follett's THE HOUSE WITHOUT WINDOWS was published to critical acclaim. It was 1927. In 1939, after years of poverty and struggle, Barbara disappeared. This essay is more than a story about disappearance, it's also about child prodigy and the beautiful mind.

Ellen Oh has a message to the gatekeepers who sell and recommend books to our kids: Break down your internal barriers to diversity.

Grab some ice cream and wine and set your Valentine's Day aside for this hour-by-hour guide to V-day movies on Netflix. And while we're talking romance and movies, here are 28 movies whose "romantic" behavior is actually downright CREEPY. For real, though, I can't even tell you how many "romantic" notions in movies I would call the cops on. I pretty much can't watch rom-coms. *wet blanket*

THIS WEEK IN THE RANDOM

Jon Stewart is leaving The Daily Show. Our sincerest goodbyes and thanks for someone who was an actual, walking hack to Being An Adult Who Understands Things. Here are some of his finest moments.

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WOW. The story about Justine Sacco was absolutely horrifying. Makes me scared to ever post anything online again. I've always been suspect about all those gleeful internet pile-ons, but now I'm even more against them than I ever was before. Just because someone has come through a situation does not make it all right and does not ever condone the bullies' behavior.

That comment by Atwood is amazing. It reminds me of the 2014 Golden Globes, when Tina Fey and Amy Poehler had a bit about how 12 Years a Slave made one of them "completely rethink my perception of slavery," and the other was like, "What did you think of it before!?!" Hilarious and so on point!